Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms went down on July 19, 2026, disrupting access worldwide including Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States [1, 2, 3, 4]. The outage started around 3:00 pm Malaysian time (UTC+8), with many desktop users unable to log in or refresh their news feeds [2, 3]. Mobile apps generally continued to work normally during the disruption [2, 3].
Downdetector recorded 4,808 reports of Facebook outages in the US as of 07:46 GMT, with 63% of users reporting issues accessing the website rather than mobile app problems [1, 2, 4]. By 08:18 GMT, Instagram had 2,829 outage reports from US users, mostly related to app access failures [1, 2, 4].
In Singapore, users also faced intermittent disruptions accessing both platforms [1, 2, 4]. Many shared screenshots showing an error message: "Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes." [2, 3].
User David Liew confirmed the Facebook outage on social media at 3:56 pm Malaysia time, posting, "Facebook down….again…July 19, 2026 Malaysia Time 3.56pm." [2, 3].
As of 5:00 pm Malaysian time, Meta had not issued any official statement explaining the cause or providing an estimated timeline for resolution [1, 2, 3, 4].
